Principle Investigator
Yi Zhang, Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Institute of Materials Science
University of Connecticut, Storrs
Postdoc Fellows
Dr. Guangfu Wu (Ph.D., City University of Hong Kong, Jan. 2019 – Now, first/co-first author publications in the group: Science Advances, 2022; Nano Letters, 2022; Angewandte Chemie 2022; Analytical Chemistry 2022; ACS Sensors 2022)
Dr. Yang Song (Ph.D., Kansas State University, Jan. 2021- Now; first/co-first author publications in the group: Analytical Chemistry 2022; Nature Chemical Biology 2022)
Dr. Manikandan Muthu (Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology/Purdue University, Oct. 2022-Now)
Dr. Md. Azizur Rahman Khan (Ph.D., Universitat Rovira I Virgili (URV), Spain, Jan. 2023- Now)
Ph.D. Students
Mr. Zhengyan Weng (Georgia Tech/ University of Pennsylvania, Fall 2018 – Now, first/co-first author publications in the group: Angewandte Chemie 2022; Angew Chemie 2023; ACS Sensors 2023)
Ms. He Sun (Dalian University of Technology/Dalian University of Technology, Spring 2019 – Now; first/co-first author publications in the group: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2021)
Ms. Huijie Li (South China Normal University/Sun Yat-sen University, Spring 2019 – Now; first/co-first author publications in the group: ACS Sensors, 2021; Angewandte Chemie 2022; ACS Sensors 2023)
Mr. Xincheng Zhang (University of Pittsburgh, June 2021- Now)
Mr. Yingqi Qiang (Jilin University/University of Pennsylvania, Fall 2021- Now)
Mr. Vagif Abdulla (Bilkent University, Fall 2021- Now)
Mr. Yuxuan Zhang (Zhengzhou University/Northeastern University, Fall 2021- Now)
Mr. Gavin Fennell (University of Connecticut, Spring 2022- Now; GAANN fellowship)
Ms. Yue Cao (Jiangsu University/University of Connecticut, Spring 2021- Now; first/co-first author publications in the group: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2023)
Master Student
Ms. Hailey Parsons (UConn BME, Spring 2023-Now)
Undergraduate Students
Ms. Feiyang Li (UConn BME, Summer 2022-Now)
Mr. Weiyi Zhang (UConn BME, Summer 2022-Now)
Ms. Michelle Huang (UConn BME, Spring 2023-Now)
Ms. Claudia Huang (UConn BME, Spring 2023-Now)
Alumni
Dr. Zan Gao (Nov. 2020-Nov. 2021; Postdoc; Current position: New Materials Development Engineer at II-VI Incorporated)
Mr. Ian Heck (Master student, Summer 2019- Dec. 2021, Current Position: Engineer at Johnson & Johnson)
Mr. Michael Schneider (Research Scientist/Research Assistant, Spring 2022- Dec. 2022, Current Position: Ph.D. student at UConn)
Mr. Shuhong Yang (Master student, Fall 2019-Summer 2021, Current Position: Ph.D. student at the University of Missouri)
Ms. Megan Richmond (Undergraduate researcher; Current Position: Remediation Engineer at Cook Medical)
Mr. Yousuf El-Jayyousi (Undergraduate researcher; Current Position: Ph.D. student at Princeton University)
Ms. Amanda Wilt (Undergraduate researcher; 2021 Outstanding Senior Biomedical Engineer; Current Position: Clinical Associate Representative at Zimmer Biomet)
Mr. Jacob Heath (Undergraduate researcher; Current Position: Field Engineer at Abbott)
Mr. Silas Decker (Undergraduate researcher; Current Position: Associate Research Engineer at AtlasXomics Inc.)
Ms. Alexi Switz (Undergraduate researcher; Current Position: Ph.D. student in BME at FIU)
Zhang Research Group 